José Luis Castro: key facts
- Kind of voice
- Academic
- Role
- Director-General Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases, World Health Organisation
- Quoted on
- Public health & prevention, Respiratory (asthma/COPD)
- Press citations held
- 2
- Most recently quoted
- 30 Sept 2026
“The momentum for public health change including in respiratory health had stalled. The Irish presidency would provide an opportunity for progress in these areas.”
What José Luis Castro has said
“the WHO's Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases, José Luis Castro, highlighted the impact that stigma and misinformation in particular have on under-diagnosis. COPD is still widely perceived as a 'smoker's disease,' he said, discouraging individuals from seeking diagnosis or treatment”
WHO's Special Envoy for Chronic Respiratory Diseases · Respiratory (asthma/COPD) · 30 Sept 2026 · Why chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the world’s ‘forgotten disease’, must be a priority in the next EU budget ↗
Where José Luis Castro has been quoted
- Can Ireland set the European health agenda?medicalindependent.ie · 30 Sept 2026
- Why chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, the world’s ‘forgotten disease’, must be a priority in the next EU budgettheparliamentmagazine.eu · 30 Sept 2026
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